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Riding the No. 10 Bus in Atlanta

Denise Gomez, who has lived in Cobb County for three years, is unemployed but does have a steady housing situation. She is lucky. It is harder for low-income earners to find affordable housing in Cobb County than in any other county in the United States. The numbers are striking: According to the Urban Institute, there are just 2.9 affordable housing units available for every 100 Cobb County households qualifying as “extremely low income.”